Saturday Night Live Season 50 Premiere: Hosts, Cast, and Musical Guests: The infamous American Sketch Comedy Show, Saturday Night Live, is celebrating its golden jubilee this year as it premiered the first episode of its fiftieth season on the 28th of September 2024. Along with the standard episodes hosted by celebrity guests and musical acts, the series after months of acknowledgements will have a special three-hour-long episode celebrating the 50th anniversary on the 16th of February 2025 over NBC. This article brings you all the details of the cast, schedule and the guests expected on the Saturday Night Live Season 50.
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Saturday Night Live Season 50
Saturday Night Live commonly known as SNL is a late-night sketch comedy variety show based in America that premiers on NBC every year. The show was originally created by Lorne Michaels and was developed along with Dick Ebersol. The show’s first episode premiered on the 11th of October 1975 and was hosted by George Carlin. The comedy sketches of the show are basically parodies of American politics and culture performed by a varying cast and hosted by a celebrity guest who also performs with the cast. The show also features performances by musical guests.
Saturday Night Live Season 50: Cast
Before the fiftieth season started, three major cast members namely Punkie Johnson, Molly Kearney, and Chloe Troast announced their departure from the show. On the 9th of September, Ashley Padilla from the comedy show The Groundings, Stand-up comedian Emil Wakim, and the comedian famous from TikTok Jane Wickline joined the cast of the show as featured players. The repertory players of the cast include Michael Che, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, Kenan Thompson, Marcello Hernandez, Bowen Yang, James Austin Johnson, Colin Jost, Michael Longfellow, Sarah Sherman, and Devon Walker,
Saturday Night Live Season 50: Hosts and Special Musical Guests
The first episode of the season premiered on the 28th of September 2024 and was hosted by Jean Smart. The episode also had a featured performance by the American Singer and Rapper Jelly Roll. The second episode of the season will be aired on the 5th of October 2024 and will be hosted by comedian Nate Bargatze and will have a featured performance by British rock band Coldplay. The third episode of the season is scheduled to be aired on the 12th of October 2024 and will be hosted by singer Ariana Grande and will also have a featured performance by singer Stevie Nicks. The fourth episode of the season is scheduled to be aired on the 19th of October 2024 and will be hosted by actor Michael Keaton and will have a featured performance by singer Billie Eilish. The fifth episode of the season is scheduled to be aired on the 2nd of November 2024 and will be hosted by comedian John Mulaney and will have a featured performance by singer Chappell Roan. The dates for the remaining episodes are yet to be declared.
Conclusion
The writing staff for the Saturday Night Live Season 50 now also include Allie Levitan, Moss Perricone, and Carl Tart along with Dan Bulla, Auguste White, Celeste Yim, and Will Stephan. The biographical film Saturday Night will also premiere in the theatres on the 11th of October 2025 under the label of Columbia Pictures which will depict the historical success and the remarkable journey of the show.
